Marie-Louise BLANCHARD

(b. 10 July 1791 , Yamaska, Lower Canada d. 19 August 1880 , Saint-David, Québec, Canada )

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Marie-Louise BLANCHARD was born 10 July 1791 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Marie-Louise BLANCHARD was the child of Charles BLANCHARD and Louise ALEXANDRE dite LALIBERTÉ and the grandchild of: (paternal) Jean BLANCHARD and Catherine FOREST (maternal) Pierre ALEXANDRE and Marie-Louise LEPRINCE

Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):

Marie-Louise married Antoine COTNOIR 4 February 1811 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Antoine COTNOIR was born 13 November 1784 in Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska). Antoine died 29 April 1862 in Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska). Antoine was the child of François-Regis COTNOIR and Catherine DANIS.

Marie-Louise BLANCHARD died 19 August 1880 in Saint-David, Québec, Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

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Marie-Louise BLANCHARD married

Antoine COTNOIR-- Date: 4 February 1811 Place: Yamaska, Lower Canada

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Antoine COTNOIR was the child of François-Regis COTNOIR and Catherine DANIS

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Children of Antoine COTNOIR and Marie-Louise BLANCHARD:

Josette COTNOIR (b.22 March 1818, Yamaska, Lower Canada d. , )
m. Olivier LAVALLEE 7 February 1843 in Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

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1791 Birth
10 July 1791
Yamaska, Lower Canada

1793 - The cotton gin is invented (Eli Whitney, United States)

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1811 Marriage / Partner
Marie-Louise BLANCHARD and Antoine COTNOIR 4 February 1811, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

She was 19 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1818 Birth of Child
Josette COTNOIR was born 22 March 1818, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marie-Louise was 26 years old.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1843 Marriage of Child
Josette COTNOIR married 7 February 1843, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska) to Olivier LAVALLEE

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1862 Death of Spouse/Partner
Antoine COTNOIR died 29 April 1862, Saint-David, Québec, Canada (Saint-David-de-Yamaska)

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.